Shoe



Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

j UNITED STATES 1,643,851 PATENT OFFICE.

LESLIE E. JosEIH, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, AssIGNoE To THE r'. GOLDSMITII sONs COM- Y PANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OE OHIO.

i SHOE.

Application filed November 12, 1925. Serial No. 68,690.

My invention relates to the general class ofshoes and particularly to athletic shoes of the lasted type.

It is the object of my invention primarily to provide a shoe with a very flexible shank portion which will permit the bending of the foot within the shoe in an unhampered way. For: many types of athletic and surgical uses in order to provide a durable shoe such a stiff piece of leather has to be used for the insole that the foot will not be free to bend within the shoe. It is primarily my object in that special construction hereinafter described to provide a shoe in which the shank portion is readily flexible and in which the foot of a wearer will be almost as free to bend as the foot would be without the shoe on.

Referring to the drawing in which I have illustrated a preferred embodiment illustrating my invention:

Figure l is a side elevation of an athletic shoe with aV cutaway portion showing the inner structure.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a preferred type of inner sole to which .the upper is lasted.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the sole.

Figure l is a perspective view of the heel.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a partial assembly of my novel shoe showing the upper lasted to the inner sole prior to the securing on of the outer sole and heel.

Generallyiindicated at l is the inner sole which, as illustrated in Figure 2, is cut with slits 2 extending transversely from the o uter side of the insole inwardly to the inside surface of theinsole. The slits are disposed in the insole in the portions which on a wearers foot would lie at the back of the ball and at the front of the heel. Separate outer sole pieces 3 and heel pieces 4 are pro* vided which are secured on after the lasting outer i of the upper onto the insole.

insole are then lasted at vthe sides of the shank and the shoe is removed from the last and stitched 'along the shank as indicated at 6 for applying the outer sole and heel. lThe outer sole is then secured as indicated at 7l to the insole with the stitches extending through the outer sole, the lapped portion of the upper and the insole. The heel portion is then applied in a similar way. It is then preferable to sew the back end of the outer sole and the front end of the heel with stitching extending across the shoe as indicated at 8. The shoe is then finished in the usual manner. Depending on the particular requirements of the shoe, it is optional with the manufacturer whether both the sole and heel are made in accordance with'the foregoing description or whether the sole only is made accordingly.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that I have provided Va shoe with an unusually flexiblek shank portion and although I have illustrated the application of my invention to a simple athletic shoe I do not wish to limit myself to this type of shoe. To the best of my knowledge and belief no one has previously made a shoe in which the insole is exposed on the outside and forms the shank of the shoe with the upper firmly secured tothe insole on the inside at the shank portion and between the insole and the outer sole inthe sole or the sole and heel portions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. A shoe comprising an insolewith the upper lasted to the insole on the outside of said insole at the outer edges thereof and on the inside of the insole along the edges of the shank, and transverse slits in said insole adjacent the shank, the upper extending through said slits from one surface oft-he insole to the other.

2. A flexible arch shoe comprising in combination, an inner sole and an upper lasted to the inner surface of the insole in the shank portion and an Outer sole for the shoe with the forward portion of the upper secured to the insole between the insole and the outer sole.

3. A` flexible arch shoe comprising in combination, an inner sole and an upper, with the upper lasted to the upper surface of the insole in the shank portion, an outer sole for the shoe with the forward portion of the upper secured to the insole between the insole and the outer sole, a heel for the shoe und tbe remainder of the upper secured to the lieel portion of the insole and lying between the insole and the heel.

4. A flexible arch shoe comprising in co1nbination, an inner sole and an upper, with the upper lasted to the upper surface of the insole in the shank portion, un outer sole for the shoe with' the forward portion of the upper secured to the insole between the insole and the outer sole', a, heel for the shoe and the remainder of the upper secured to the heel portion of the insole and lying between the insole and the heel, the insole being provided with transverse slots With the edge of the upper disposed in the slots whereby tbe upper lies on the inner side of the. insolerin the shank portion only.

- LEsL-IE B. JOSEPH. 

